A new school?????

Yesterday Renae and Faith spent the morning at the new school. I will have to get the name and post it for you all, as usual I cannot remember it right now. It went as normal, Faith could not get in and then down the halls. The owner of this school, there are only 35 students at present, happened to walk by and without a problem got Faith to the class where she spent the morning having a Christmas Party with the class and meeting all the students in her class. This is a special place no doubt. I have never seen such passionate employees and teachers ever!!! It for sure has Renae thinking of a possible comeback to the teaching profession. Everything is tailored to the students specific needs. Most of their students continue on to college, they have a 25 year history there to prove it. Now we have to hunker down and switch Faith's from a 504 to a IEP(I think that is what it is called) with our school district here on post so that they will pay for her to go there. It should be no problem in the long run, however it can be very daunting to do one of these. Luckily her doctor and the school know a little about them. This school was opened by two teachers who disliked the way children with special needs, at the time ADD and ADHD, were thrown in with all the other students and not given a chance to succeed. We are very excited, as is Faith, which is the reason we do all of this. She wants nothing more than to be in school like all the other kids her age. We have a doctor's appointment today with both her psychiatrist and psychologist, something that is normal at with her new doctor, but impossible before. We have some serious issues to address, transitioning from day to evening (a nightmare in our home), discipline (how far to push it and when), separation anxiety issues (Renae is completely worn out). We are having to take baby steps but so much is happening so fast that it is impossible not to get excited. How crazy it is to go from totally helpless to feeling so helped, if that is a correct way to say it. Things are by no means any easier here at home, however it is a lot better to deal with when you feel like you have the right people in your corner. Amazing how much support can help with any battle. Thanks for all the support from you out there, it is great to hear the kind words and the "thanks" for sharing our story from new friends we meet online around the world. We have ones in Canada and across the Atlantic. I am starting to enjoy being a blogger, I have mentioned to Renae I should do one just on my thoughts, and she has begged me not to (she thinks it would alienate me from most of the world and what few friends I do have). Now that is kinda funny, but probably true, the older I get the more I start pondering, or what I call being a philosopher. But she has agreed to let me write a book during my next deployment, I think it will have to do about things each sex needs to know before marriage, so don't worry all of you will be added to the book tour events as VIPs. Merry Christmas for those who celebrate it and Happy Holidays for those who don't. Kris